Farnsy's Little Bit of the Net

Sushi train…it had to be done…

Farnsy — Sun, 20 May 2012 11:56:14 +0000

Kinkaku-ji…The Golden Pavilion

Farnsy — Sun, 20 May 2012 11:55:43 +0000

One of the main sites to see in Kyoto. It was crowded, but not as bad as I expected.

It’s amazing how much work the Japanese put in to shaping trees. Sometimes a single tree might have up to 20 odd supports holding individual branches up. Other times the one small trunk might have single branches that are many metres long.

Old vs new… I think…

Farnsy — Sun, 20 May 2012 11:55:37 +0000

Miyajima…

Farnsy — Sun, 20 May 2012 11:54:11 +0000

The reason why everyone goes to Miyajima is to look at a red gate in the water that is very historic. A had a few issues with the gate…out was undergoing some maintenance. Fortunately there was a great buddhist temple inland and uphill a bit, which was huge, very well maintained and very peaceful.

Here’s the gate below, liking very different to how it normally does…

Hiroshima… A moving place

Farnsy — Sun, 20 May 2012 00:52:00 +0000

the eternal flame... only to be extinguished when all nuclear weapons are dismantled

Okonomiyaki, Hiroshima style…

Farnsy — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:34:00 +0000

It’s taken a while to get stuck into Okonomiyaki, and then the first one is a but different to what I’m used to. I’m more familiar with the one that’s like a doughy, thick pancake with vegetables in it – mostly bean shoots. Hiroshima style involves two pancakes with noodles and very finely sliced cabbage sandwiched between them. I had one with shrimp. As with some of these foods, while they are delicious, they do turn into a bit of a sauce delivery system. The thing I love the most about Okonomiyaki in Australia is the brown sauce and mayonnaise – you know the mayo -the one that is about 60 grams of fat per 100 grams… it seems the mayo isn’t served with Hiroshima style… Disappointing, but still delicious. The preparation process is documented below…

V nice… Matsuyama

Farnsy — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:39:08 +0000

Loving this Masi… Not too sure how robust the spokes on the rear would be, but they look good – something different…

View from the castle at Matsuyama

Farnsy — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:38:43 +0000

Not too sure how these panoramas are appearing, as I haven’t seen any of these photos on the big screen yet. All of these photos so far have been taken on my phone, and the panoramas are done using the panorama setting, which allows you to press the shutter button and then just rotate the camera and the phone stitches them together. Will probably have too wait until I get home to check the quality…

Almost Okonomiyaki… Matsuyama

Farnsy — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:38:31 +0000

I think this was pretty damn close, but not quite. It was called something like Okonomi-Dori… Still v tasty

More Shinkansen photos…

Farnsy — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:14:00 +0000

I’ve seen (and been on) a few of them now, but still think they look very cool. Checked with the GPS the other day, and we were doing 300km/h… That’s pretty fast. I think it would be pretty good to be able to get from Southern Cross, Melbourne to Central, Sydney without having to frig around getting out to Tullamarine, queue for checkin, get in from Mascot…